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City Council Minutes March 1, 1982 Page Two , be willing to submit a plan for screening and landscaping the Custom Motors prop- erty by April 1st to the City's Building and Zoning Administrator for his review. The Councilmembers indicated that there would be some flexibility on this date if weather conditions did not allow the necessary work to be done to complete the landscaping and screening plan. The Council concensus was to agree that the Custom Motors owners could submit a plan to the Building and Zoning Administrator by April 1st for his review and the City Council's review to determine if compliance has been made with the conditions imposed on Custom Motors in their conditional use permit from 1978. 6. Increase in Building Permit Fees The City Administrator reviewed the request for an increase in the building permit fees for calendar year 1982. The Administrator indicated that the subject had been reviewed by the City Council during budget discussions and that in light of shrink- ing revenue sources and increasing expenditures, it was necessary for the City Coun- cil to consider increasing fees and charges to keep pace with expenses. Council- man Engstrom asked if the fees to be charged would in fact cover the City's costs, and was informed by the Administrator that in most cases, the fees would be adequate to cover the City's costs. The Administrator indicated further that the proposed fee schedule was midway between the current schedule being used by the City of Elk River and the 1979 fee schedule contained in the building code and recommended for use by cities. COUNCILMAN DUITSMAN MOVED APPROVAL OF THE TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (25%) INCREASE IN THE CITY'S BUILDING PERMIT FEES, EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 1982. COUNCILMAN ENGSTROM SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 3-1. COUNCILMAN TOTH OPPOSED. 7. Sewer Inspection Fees Mayor Hinkle briefly reviewed the proposed increase from $10 to $50 for on-site sewer inspection .fees. Mayor Hinkle indicated that this increase did not appear to be out of line because of the work associated with a sewer inspection. Councilman Engstrom indicated he felt the fee was high because under the building permit fee schedule, the valuation of a septic system would result in a lesser charge than the $50. The City Administrator reviewed the cost factors which the City would incur in doing a sewer inspection and indicated that the type of inspections re- quired under the building permit for lower valuations are less numerous and dif- ficult than those required for the same value of a sewer system. Councilmember Toth indicated he had no problem with the increase in fees if in fact the inspections being paid for are accomplished by the City staff. Mayor Hinkle indicated that the fee charge was reasonable due to the amount of work being done and that the fee would represent an average for all systems inspected with some costing the City more and some costing the City less. COUNCILMAN SCHULDT MOVED TO APPROVE A $50 INSPECTION FEE FOR ON-SITE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEMS. COUNCILMAN DUITSMAN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSED 4-0.